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“When did the Creator indicate that among these rights was for homosexuals to have their unions recognized as marriages? The author of that declaration, Thomas Jefferson, equated homosexual acts with rape and wrote that male homosexuals (they used the term sodomites in that time) should be castrated and lesbians should have a hole cut into their noses. “Undeniably, homosexuals have …

Are you dizzy yet from all these legal docs? Protect Marriage has until 9am Monday to deliver their final response.CA9Doc 8

Things are moving VERY quickly. Brian Devine reports at Courage Campaign: The Ninth Circuit just issued an Order stating that the Plaintiffs’ response to the Motion to Stay is due by 11:00 p.m. tonight. The Prop 8 supporters’ reply, not to exceed 15 pages, is due by 9:00 a.m. on Monday, August 16, 2010. This suggests that the Ninth Circuit …

“The ARCC has started taking appointments for issuing licenses and performing ceremonies for same-sex couples starting August 19, 2010. Demand for marriage license services may increase as a result of the ruling. We encourage couples to plan ahead in order to obtain an appointment on their desired day and time. To schedule an appointment for a marriage license and/or ceremony …

If Protect Marriage’s emergency motion to stay the overturn of Prop 8 is denied by the Ninth Circuit Court, they are expected to immediately appeal to the Supreme Court. The justice assigned to hear cases from the Ninth is swing voter Anthony Kennedy. Interestingly, as the clock ticks down on Judge Walker’s stay extension, Justice Kennedy will be in Hawaii …

The work of homocon writer Jonathan Rauch, co-founder of the Quisling site Independent Gay Forum, is cited in Protect Marriage’s emergency motion to maintain the stay on Judge Walker’s overturn of Proposition 8. Because even “same-sex marriage advocate Rauch recognizes the wisdom” in holding some states back from full equality. From page 58 of their petition.

“In a sense, he has declared marriage to be unconstitutional, because there is no such thing as ‘gay marriage’,” since true marriage requires a man and a woman.”

“Walker knows that his ruling will be appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and could be overturned, yet he seems to care little about a peaceful process. By demanding that homosexual ‘marriages’ begin Aug. 18, Walker is demanding his own way, despite normal legal processes, despite his oath of office, and despite the written words and contextual …

In typical fashion, the nation’s most widely read Christofascist site covered yesterday’s Prop 8 news with bile, contempt, and a lovely photo of two Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Because the only thing more repulsive than a man in a dress is a man in a dress wearing kabuki makeup. And note the insulting subhead “Homosexual Told State…”

Note that the first citation is an article from San Diego’s Gay & Lesbian Times.Protect Marriage Appeal

DISCLAIMER: While my mole in the SF courthouse did allow me to scoop everybody by 20 minutes or so, it was not until at least ten minutes later did I learn that the lift order doesn’t go into effect until Wednesday. I quickly updated my posts here and on Facebook and Twitter, but I must apologize to everybody for my …

“Once again, Chief Judge Walker has disregarded the will of the people of California by interpreting the U.S. Constitution in a way that imposes his own personal beliefs. We support Protect Marriage’s immediate appeal to the Ninth Circuit to stay this decision until the conclusion of the case. “Voters in 30 states have protected marriage in their state constitutions because …

Equality California Monumental! U. S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker has denied Yes on 8 proponents their request that he stay his decision which declared that Prop 8 unconstitutional, paving the way for couples to get married. This is an incredibly joyful moment in our history, not only for all of the committed couples who will finally be able to …

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Final Stay Order

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The stay does NOT expire until August 18th. The stay is LIFTED. California’s same-sex couples may begin marrying on August 18th. Stand by for the ruling, photos, videos and reactions!

UPDATE: As many of you noticed, both the USTREAM and ABC feeds have abruptly switched to an unrelated story. I’m not finding any other embeddable live streams from SF at the moment, dammit all to hell. Stand by. UPDATE II: The below feed is back, for now. UPDATE III: The live stream is concluded.